Oil and gas prices are escalating once again at a rapid rate ($2.75 a gallon around here). Yesterday, interest rates rocketed up in reaction to bond prices. In this fragile economy, that has us hanging on the edge, we just can not afford to have the impact of these two occurrences crush any chance we have of getting through this economic mess.

How much time and money are we going to spend in Washington debating whether or not the most qualified individual in decades, Sonia Sotomayor, is going to be confirmed to the Supreme Court?

Folks in Washington – quit wasting our time and money on this. Confirm Ms. Sotomayor and get onto the priorities that We The People are facing every day.

We want our Representation putting their efforts into addressing how we can continue to afford to drive to work (for those of us still with jobs). Please put your efforts into helping us keep our homes and businesses without the financial industry crippling us.

We are hearing an increasing number of people saying they are scared, they can’t sleep at night, they don’t know what is going to happen. They are seeing everything they worked their entire life for in jeopardy.

We understand this is a very complex economic time – unlike anything we’ve seen in our life time. However we ask you to please prioritize your time and efforts to understanding how we got here and what needs to be done to get out of here while not letting this erode any further.

Please, don’t put your time, energy and our money into ideological, political gamesmanship any longer. We The People can not afford to have this type of political driven actions any longer.

Remember, you are in Washington for the people.